Tanglin is the name of an urban planning area

Urban planning areas in Singapore

Singapore is currently divided into 55 urban planning areas by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, organised into five regions. A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing for detailed planning guidelines for every individual plot of land throughout the country.The...

 within the Central Region

Central Region, Singapore

The Central Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. Comprising 13,150 hectares of land area, it includes 11 Planning Areas within the Central Area which is the immediate vicinity of the Singapore's central business district, as well as another 11 more outside it.Although...

 in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

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The Tanglin Planning Area is defined by the region bounded by Bukit Timah Road

Bukit Timah Road

Bukit Timah Road is a major road in Singapore extending from the city centre to Woodlands Road on the way to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The road has a distance of 25km , which is one of the longest roads in Singapore, and the road takes its name from the hill...

 to the north, Farrer Road and Queensway to the west, Kay Siang Road, Tanglin Road and a section of the Alexandra Canal to the south, and Hoot Kiam Road, Zion Road, Grange Road

Grange Road

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, Tanglin Road, Anderson Road

Anderson Road

Anderson Road is a road on the eastern border of the New Territories and New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It starts near the junction of Clear Water Bay Road and New Clear Water Bay Road, above Shun Lee Estate, and runs southeast windingly to Tsiu Lan Shue and continues eastward on the hills above Sau...

 and Balmoral Road to the east. Its namesake Tanglin Road starts in the south, cuts through the Tanglin Planning Area, and continues as Orchard Road

Orchard Road

Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...

 towards the city

Downtown Core

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Etymology and history

Tanglin Road received its name from the house of William Napier, located in this area on 27 hectares of hilly land. Originally, Napier Road

Napier Road, Singapore

Napier Road is a road located within the Tanglin Planning Area in Singapore.The road starts with its junction with Holland Road and Cluny Road near the Singapore Botanic Gardens to the west, and ends at its junction with Tanglin Road and Grange Road to the east, near the Orchard Road shopping...

 led to William Napier's house, called Tang Leng, which was constructed in 1854. The house was probably named after the Chinese

Chinese language

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 name twa tang leng, which means "great east hill peaks", a reference perhaps to the numerous hills in the area: Leonie, Goodwood Nassim, Emerald, Cluny, Cairn, Mount Elizabeth, and Claymore.

After Stamford Raffles

Stamford Raffles

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's allotment in 1822, the Chinese

China

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, mainly Teochews

Chaozhou

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, ventured out of Chinatown

Chinatown, Singapore

Singapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram....

 and colonised the tiger

Tiger

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 infested Tanglin area, growing sireh, pepper

Black pepper

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, nutmeg

Nutmeg

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 and gambier

Gambier

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. After the Chinese came the Europe

Europe

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ans, mainly Scotsmen

Scottish people

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, who started their spice

Spice

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 plantations and built bungalow

Bungalow

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s and villa

Villa

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s on the various hills.

A feature of Tanglin is its many Scottish

Scotland

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 personal and place names — Balmoral (after Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

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's favourite residence in Scotland

Scotland

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), Edinburgh (after the Duke of Edinburgh

Duke of Edinburgh

The Duke of Edinburgh is a British royal title, named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, which has been conferred upon members of the British royal family only four times times since its creation in 1726...

, who visited Singapore in 1869), Claymore (a house owned by Captain Scott, the harbour master

Harbourmaster

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 after whose death Scotts Road

Scotts Road

Scotts Road is a road in Singapore. The Goodwood Park Hotel lies on the road.It is located in the Orchard Planning Area, within the Central Area in Singapore's central business district....

 was named), Tyersall, Cluny and Scott.

A landmark

Landmark

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 of this area, the two-storey pre-war

Pre-war

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 Tanglin Post Office building which stood at the corner of Tanglin Road and Nassim Hill, has been torn down and replaced with a new post office

Post office

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. The old Tanglin Post Office building was the premises of the then Ministry of Science and Technology and the Social Council before it became an office

Office

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 cum delivery base in 1974.

Future plans

On 7 November 2006, the Singapore Land Authority

Singapore Land Authority

The Singapore Land Authority is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law of the Singapore Government.-History:...

 (SLA) called for proposals to liven up the Dempsey Road area when it launched two new tenders for sites there. In doing so, it also announced that it has plans for the area up to 2015. Known as Tanglin Village, the former Central Manpower Base currently houses popular hangouts such as alfresco

Alfresco

Alfresco in English usually refers to eating outside , but also may refer to:* Alfresco , an open-source content-management system...

 bars

Bar (establishment)

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 Hacienda and trendy celebrity

Celebrity

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 haunt PS Cafe.

The two tenders will be called by end 2006. The sites will be earmarked for lifestyle, education

Education

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 or arts

ARts

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 purposes. For the first tender site, the SLA welcomes ideas to revitalise six blocks of colonial

Colonialism

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 buildings near the Dempsey Road entrance. The buildings, formerly housing the Civil Service Club

Civil Service Club

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, sit on more than 13,000 square metres of land, and SLA is open to having a wide variety of businesses there including a fencing school and even a pet

Pet

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 cafe

Café

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. The second tender is for a single colonial building on an 854 m² site next to Minden Road. This could be used for a dance studio

Dance studio

A dance studio is a space in which dancers learn or rehearse. The term is typically used to describe a space that has either been built or equipped for the purpose....

 or a childcare

Childcare

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 centre.

In 2006, SLA spent S$500,000 on improvements such as landscape

Landscape

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d plaza

Plaza

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s and visitor information signboards.